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Kulik A.
3 Baruch
Greek-Slavonic Apocalypse of Baruch
De Gruyter, Berlin-New York 2010
Scheda a cura di: Kulik A.
Collana: Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature
This work
provides the key to one of the most enigmatic Jewish Hellenistic texts
preserved in Greek and Slavonic. Despite the
fact that 3 Baruch is one of the major early Jewish apocalypses, it has been
relatively neglected in modern scholarship, probably since 3 Baruch is one of
the most difficult works to comprehend and classify. Its content
differs significantly from that of other writings of the same genre, as the
book preserves syncretistic ideas and tendencies which are combined in unique
ways. The world view,
the message, and the very textual structure of 3 Baruch are enigmatic in many
respects. The present
study demonstrates that the textual history of 3 Baruch, implicit meanings and
structural links in its text, as well as conceptions behind the text, are
partly reconstructable.
Moreover, 3
Baruch, properly read, significantly enriches our understanding of the history
of the motifs found in early Jewish lore, at times providing missing links
between different stages of their development, and preserves important evidence
on the roots of Jewish mysticism, proto-Gnostic and proto-Christian traditions.
The study contains the introduction, synoptic translation, textual notes, and
detailed commentaries.
A cura di Vlatka Gott